UET 3, 1218 (P137543)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM —

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(barig) [n] sila3 1(u) gin2 i3-nun
2. 3(barig) 2(ban2) [n] sila3 ga-ar3
3. la2-ia3#-am3
4. unu3-e-ne
5. in-neda-gal2
reverse
1. su-su-dam
2. ugula da-da szusz3
  seal impression
3. sag
  some text moved to next line
4. iti ezem-{d}me-ki-gal2
5. mu us2-sa bad3-gal ba-du3-a mu us2-sa-bi
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}i-bi2-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. da-da szusz3
2. dumu na-me sukkal
3. ARAD2-zu

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: UET 3, 1218

    [Legrain1937UET3] Legrain, Léon. 1937. Business Documents of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Ur Excavations. Texts 3. London: The Trustees of the two museums.

  • citation: JESHO 23, p.1-42, p. 6ff.

    [Gomi1980dairy] Gomi, Tohru. 1980. “On Dairy Productivity at Ur in the Late Ur III Period.” Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 23: 1–42.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: IM —
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 03767
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.08.12.00 (us2-us2 year)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2021-03-05 at 07:29:33 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2018-08-23 at 08:56:56 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2016-01-24 at 11:53:49 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:15:46 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:30 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005934 (composite) (P458644) Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1218 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137543.
UET 3, 1218 artifact entry (No. P137543). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137543 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1218 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137543 (Accessed: March 1, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 1218 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137543},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137543},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137543
LB  - CDLI:P137543
M1  - 2026/3/1/
TI  - UET 3, 1218 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137543
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1218 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137543.
UET 3, 1218 artifact entry (No. P137543). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137543 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1218 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137543 (Accessed: March 1, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 1218 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137543},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137543},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137543
LB  - CDLI:P137543
M1  - 2026/3/1/
TI  - UET 3, 1218 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137543
ER  -
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